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Wednesday, 23 November 2011

EC Pressure on Irish Bogs

The pressure from the EC on the Irish Government is increasing to stop the cutting of turf (peat) on protected Irish bogs. See the article in the Irish Times.

While we may agree that this is correct, what about the peat extraction in the UK? It seems odd, to say the least, that we are talking the the talk about re-wetting to conserve peat and carbon while peat extraction is still allowed to continue. There is a site not far from here in Dumfries.

About Me

Director of The Heather Trust since May 2002. Secretary and then Director of Scotland's Moorland Forum from Nov 2007, Chairman of the England & Wales Wildfire Forum, Coordinator of the Bracken Control Group, Chairman of the Uplands Management Group (from April 2015), member of Defra's Upland Stakeholder Forum and the Steering Group for the Uplands Alliance (launched in May 2015).